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COTTON RECOVERS PART OF EARLY LOSS; Prices Drop 10 Points on the Political Events Abroad, but End 2 to 6 Down HEAVY CALLING BY MILLS Decline of $1.50 a Bale Since Friday Stimulates Activity and Increases Support

Although uncertainty over the significance of the diplomatic activities in Europe carried prices of cotton in Liverpool off the full 25 points permitted in one day, the market on the Cotton Exchange here recovered part of an early loss of 10 points yesterday and ended with net losses of 2 to 6 points.

March 19, 1940

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